Drinking cup with handle



Feb. 7, 1939. P. YENDRZEYOWSKI DRiNKING CUP WITH HANDLE Filed Oct. 2, 1936 jier'l rldrzf y m io ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 7, 1939 UNITED s'rATas PATENT osrica This invention relates to paper drinking cups and'has for the primary object the provision of a device of this character which has a'handle for the convenience of the user and which normally lies in close proximity to a wall of the cup so as not to interfere with the vending of a cup from a machine or the packing of the same in a carton and which may be readily extended for With these and other objects in view this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, tobe hereinafter more fully described and made from a blank shown in Figure 3 with the handle in a folded position.

Referring in detail to the drawing the numeral i indicates a drinking cup which may be of any well known construction and has secured there to a handle 2' to facilitate the handling of the cup by a person. The handle 2 may be folded upon itself to liein 'close proximity to the wall of the cup as shown at 3 so that the cup may be vended from a machine without interference from the handle ormay be readily packed in a carton with other cups similarly constructed.

While I have shown the handle as being adapted to a cup of conical formation it is to be understood that a handle of the character employed in this invention may be readily adapted to cups of other shapes by having the handle formed integrally with one edge of the cup and the other end suitably secured to the cup'adjacent the bottom thereof.

In Figure 3 is shown a blank 4 from which the cup I is constructed. The blank has a substantial- 1o 'ly-triangular shaped portion 4 which may be brought into conical shape to form a cup and formed at one corner of the portion 4 is a strip 5 to form the handle and the free end thereof is secured to the cup adjacent to the bottom. The free end of the handle or strip 5 may be cemented or otherwise secured to the body of the cup before the twisting or winding of the flap 6 of the blank into conical shape so that both ends of the handle become firmly attached to the cup. The handle may be folded upon itself as shown in Figure 4, and may be extended to assume the position, as shown in Figure 1, by a simple pull thereon away from the cup so that a person may pass the fingers about the handle in obtaining a grip thereon.

Having described the invention, I claim: A-drinking cup comprising a substantially triangular shapedblank adapted to be rolled into conical shape and including a flap adapted to be twisted about the blank after the rolling thereof for retaining said blank in conical shape, a strip formed on one corner of the blank to provide a handle, said strip having its free end secured on the rolled blank with the flap twisted thereover.

' PETER YENDRZEYOWSKI. 

